The annual Dal Niente PARTY: a non-traditional performance space, a flexible floor plan, music paired with food and beverages, a relaxed environment where audiences can mingle and move around, and musical performances that run the gamut from the hilarious to the sublime. Dal Niente is saving some of its most breathtaking performances for PARTY 2017, offering compositions of varying extremes and stylistic influence that ensure all audience members will find a personal, unforgettable experience.
The celebration will kick off with sets that include beloved works by recent collaborators Hans Abrahamsen and Chaya Czernowin, the Chicago premiere of a new work for Dal Niente by LJ White, and the wild Swing by new-to-the-ensemble composer Franck Bedrossian. In the second half of the evening, audiences will be invited to step into an immersive new composition by Joshua Fineberg, take my hand. Tremendously large in scope and scale, this project has taken years to develop, and will constitute a uniquely engaging experience for audience members, whether they choose to be passive observers or active participants during the performance. Audience members participating in Finebergs work will be guided by members of the Chicago-based ensemble Mocrep, directed towards and within a combination of instruments, theatrical lighting, and electro-acoustic music culminating in collective transcendence.
Joshua Fineberg - take my hand (2017) for two sopranos, flute, clarinet, horn, harp, percussion, piano, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, electronics, assistants
*Involves the use of strobe lights and fog machines *Please note, participation is limited for this performance.
Franck Bedrossian - Swing (2009) for flute, clarinet, saxophone, percussion, piano, guitar, two violins, viola, cello, bass
LJ White - Chicago Premiere (2017) for two sopranos, saxophone, horn, harp piano, violin, cello, bass
Hans Abrahamsen - Winternacht (1987 version) for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, guitar, violin, cello
Chaya Czernowin - Sahaf (2008) for saxophone, electric guitar, piano, percussion
Additional works TBA
An Important Note about "Take My Hand" from Josh Fineberg: "If you elect to be an active participant in take my hand you should be aware of, and comfortable with, the unusual nature of the piece and your role within it. The piece lasts a bit more than an hour without a break and it takes place in a disorienting visual, physical and sonic space with intense sounds, low-level lighting, smoke machines and a crowded area. Some of the time you may be blind-folded as well. If strobe lights are in any way dangerous for you, please contact us before signing up to participate in or attend the piece.
Please wear comfortable clothes, you will be moving around the performance space and sitting on the floor at times. You will be interacting with the performers closely and will frequently be in close proximity and in physical contact with them. During the piece, you will be performing musical and listening tasks --- none of these tasks will require special knowledge or skill, just a reasonable level of physical mobility, open ears and an open mind. Please think about all of this before you sign up as a participant. If you are at all uncomfortable with the idea of any of this, please contact us before you reserve so we can discuss it further."
Adresse
Ruth Page Center for the Arts (Afficher)
1016 N. Dearborn St.
Chicago, IL 60610
United States
